January 2011

Name the Thing Contest - 162
Contests

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The prize this week is a loupe magnifier, this will let you get a close look at whatever you are working on. This contest will run for one week (January 1 – January 7, 2011). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments.

Plasma Speaker
Complex Hacks

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If you are wanting to build a speaker that will make your friend with the 10,000 home theater envious you need to build one of these Plasma Speakers. Teravolt has made a second version with lots of improvements and it sounds great! There is a full schematic provided so you can easily build it based exactly on this design. I prefer to read a normal schematic diagram but have a